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Members have completed internships at: Show List
Michael Height from Naticoke, Pennsylvania shares the many rewards membership in the Theatre Intern Group has to offer.
I became a member in February of 2005 after an NYU classmate casually introduced me to the concept. For the price of a $10 yearly membership, I was invited to network with my fellow interns over pizza, enjoy an hour long discussion with theatre professionals, and ask any questions I may have. That evening, as ended up being the case of many others, I was so eager to continue talking with fellow interns that I found myself at a coffee shop with several of them afterwards.
Since that initial meeting, I have seen a great deal. The attendance has jumped from a small group to over fifty interns at each event. The meetings I have attended focused on several different areas of theatre, including Theatre Management, Producing, Casting, Developing New Works and Booking National Tours. The benefits of membership in the group have even extended far beyond monthly meetings. Through ticket offers from the group, I have seen many shows I might not otherwise have been able to afford as an intern, such as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "All Shook Up."
Additionally, the Theatre Intern Group has given me significant career advantages - skills I had learned in meetings and people I had met who were pivotal to my getting a job as an Assistant Producer on the Off-Broadway shows Altar Boyz and The Awesome 80s Prom at the end of my internship at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Whereas many of my university colleagues look back on the transition from college to career as a very difficult one, I have had a relatively easy time of it. Certainly some of it is because I sought out internships in areas which held a great deal of interest to me. However, a larger portion of my easy transition has to do with the meaningful experiences that I have had with the Theatre Intern Group.
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